2014 LSAMP Case Statement

CASESTATEMENT

2014-2015

MESSAGE FROM THE HONORABLE LOUIS STOKES

Dear Friends,

I am truly gratified that my home state of Ohio was recently awarded the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation grant (LSAMP) grant from the National Science Foundation. Aimed at increasing the quality and quantity of underrepresented students successfully completing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) undergraduate degree programs, the Ohio LSAMP Alliance provides a significant advantage to our students and our state at a pivotal time for our nation. I hope you will join me in supporting this dynamic alliance to ensure the success of its mission and important goals.

I have a strong and continued interest in civil rights, equality and social and economic justice and was co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus. The lack of diversity in STEM fields is, in large part, due to the lack of equality in educational opportunity. Minority students in Ohio today are less likely than white students to take the upper level science and mathematics courses needed to prepare them for STEM programs at the college level. Therefore, many African American and Hispanic students are not academically prepared or socially integrated for STEM study areas. Through its stipend and mentoring program, the LSAMP grant provides a proven academic and financial incentive for students to stay in STEM degree areas.

The Ohio LSAMP Alliance concentrates on programming to improve retention of underrepresented college students. The alliance provides effective, cooperative activities to enhance recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in STEM disciplines. These activities aim at the development of supportive social and educational communities in which all students are integrated as competent members. Indeed, the LSAMP grant is setting the stage for minority cohorts to earn their bachelor’s degrees in STEM and have rewarding careers, good incomes and provide STEM organizations and industry the benefit of their ideas and know-how.

Serving fifteen consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives and working for the greater good in the state of Ohio for my entire life, I have witnessed the progress that federal funding can inspire for the people in our state, especially when our industry and our citizenry actively partner to support those efforts. The LSAMP grant is unique in that program goals are accomplished by the formation of alliances with statewide partners. However, LSAMP funding from the National Science Foundation only provides for student stipends. Other imperative programming, developed by each partner institution, will rely on support from external partners and donors.

I hope you will join me in supporting this remarkable opportunity for Ohio. I am confident that our great state can once again lead the nation in industry and innovation, and the Ohio LSAMP Alliance will be a champion of this vital effort. Thank you in advance for learning how you or your organization can help ensure the success of The Ohio LSAMP Alliance.

Louis StokesU.S. Congressman, RetiredAttorney At Law

GOOD ECONOMIC SENSE FOR OHIO

With occupations in STEM projected to grow 17% by 2018 (compared to 9.8% for non-STEM occupations), Ohio must significantly increase the number of residents with STEM degrees in order to meet the demands of a sustainable workforce and strengthen economic development. Considering that the fastest growing populations in Ohio are minorities, it is imperative that STEM education for underrepresented students remain a top priority.

Black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in STEM majors; therefore, it is crucial that minority students who start STEM degrees finish them. However, many of these students are at risk of abandoning STEM majors or failing to reenroll after their first year, a critical time when students are the least integrated and committed to the institution and deficiencies in academic preparation are most evident.

In the most recent data available, 111,774 associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees were awarded from public and private institutions in Ohio, yet only 3.3% of these degrees were awarded to Black/Non-Hispanic and Hispanic students in STEM. The Ohio LSAMP Alliance will address the gap between aspiration and opportunity among underrepresented STEM students.

*Sources:Degrees and Certificates Awarded at Ohio’s Title IV Eligible, Degree Granting Institutions: Fiscal Years 2000 through 2009Ohio Board of Regents, 2011 Report on the Condition of Higher Education in Ohio

Bachelor Degrees Awarded in Ohio*

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program was congressionally mandated in 1991 to significantly increase underrepresented minority student recruitment, retention, persistence, and attainment of STEM undergraduate and graduate degrees.

LSAMP is unique in that it is a multidisciplinary undergraduate program enhanced by collaboration among higher education institutions, businesses and industries, national research laboratories, and local, state and federal agencies. These partnerships maximize the effectiveness and sustainability of the program.

Eligible Students

In order to be eligible for the LSAMP program, students must be:• citizens or permanent residents

of the United States or its possessions

• working on undergraduate majors in STEM disciplines

• African American, Alaskan Native, American Indian, Hispanic American, Native Hawaiian, Native Pacific Islander, or two or more of the above

LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION

The Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation project is providing significant incentive and support to our students, reinforcing our student success and completion objectives, preparing them to continue their STEM education at the university level, and responding to the White House’s call for more in-demand American workers. With more than 85 percent of Tri-C alumni continuing to live and work in Northeast Ohio, they will grow our region’s economy and scientific workforce.

Alex Johnson, PhD, Cuyahoga Community College President

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NATIONWIDE LSAMP ALLIANCE

The National Science Foundation has funded over 45 alliances nationwide,

resulting in over 450,000 LSAMP alumni supported by more than

600 partnering institutions and organizations.

The Ohio LSAMP Alliance is a network of partnering institutions comprised of 7 four-year institutions and four community colleges.

Four-year institutions:• Central State University• University of Cincinnati• Cleveland State University• Miami University• The Ohio State University• Wilberforce University• Wright State University

Community colleges:• Cincinnati State Technical and Community College• Columbus State Community College• Cuyahoga Community College• Sinclair Community College

LSAMP PROGRAM COMPONENTS

Activities at Each InstitutionEach alliance partner provides campus-based activities that contribute to academic achievement, social integration, and professionalization.

• Bridge or early arrival programs for entering first-year underrepresented minority students focus on social integration and academic enrichment activities in STEM fields to prepare LSAMP Scholars for their first semester.

• Academic and retention advisement integrates LSAMP Scholars into their college and university communities and addresses academic, personal, social, financial, emotional, developmental, cultural and ethnic issues that may affect academic performance and retention.

• Tutoring and supplemental instruction compensate for academic deficiencies and promote academic excellence through one-on-one activities, cohort classes, study skill development, innovative approaches to learning, service learning and study abroad.

• Peer mentoring allows underclassmen to benefit from their mentors’ guidance, support, previous experience and friendship. The

THE OHIO LSAMP ALLIANCE

upperclassmen serve as coaches and role models for successfully negotiating the academic challenges of a STEM major.

• Faculty-mentored undergraduate research promotes professionalization and graduation in STEM fields. Students are expected to complete faculty-mentored research, with the goals of participating in summer research and presenting their research at conferences, symposia and forums.

StipendsLSAMP funding from the NSF must be used to provide stipends to LSAMP Scholars who participate in program activities that help them attain STEM degrees.

Alliance-Wide ActivitiesAlliance-wide collaborations leverage expertise and resources across member institutions:

• Articulation agreements and credit transfers• The Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conference• Innovative curricular reforms in mathematics• Cyber-enabled sharing of courses and workshops• Alliance website, brochures and other resources• “Mentoring and Diversity” handbook and diversity training

The Ohio LSAMP Alliance grant showcases the commitment to access from our state’s higher education institutions. The Ohio State University is honored to serve as the lead institution in this alliance and believes strongly in the mission of targeting STEM education for minority students. We have long known that producing more STEM graduates will be a tremendous boost to Ohio’s economy, and this program helps that cause immensely.

Michael V. Drake, MD, Ohio State President

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“Being a part of LSAMP has been an amazing experience. Since participating, LSAMP has fostered values for both financial and experiential growth through my current research project working directly with several different cancer patient populations. Even when requirements have been met, the

program leaders work with you to go above and beyond what we need to do to ensure exponential progress in all of our endeavors.”Ronald Birchfield, Sophomore, Nutrition Science

“I have had the opportunity to experience multiple applications of my major: at OSU Wexner Medical Center’s clinical engineering department, I perform maintenance on and troubleshoot medical devices, and at the Laboratory for Biotronic Engineering, I assist in the design and culture of a diaphragm-

biopacemaker. These experiences, when tied with what I have learned in my classes, have allowed me to identify the scientific principles driving medical device innovation and creative problem solving in modern healthcare.”Carlos Mendez, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

“My hackathon team won Top 10 Showcase/ Most Useful prize for our facial recognition app to find your friend with just a snapshot using my code integrating the Facebook API [application programming interface]. The experience opened my eyes to what can be accomplished in a short time, which is what I

aim to repeat at a software engineering internship this summer.”Ariane Krumel, Junior, Computer Science Engineering

LSAMP SCHOLARS

The Ohio LSAMP Alliance, supported by the National Science Foundation, offers Ohio institutions a unique opportunity to collaborate in increasing the number of historically underrepresented ethnic students who earn STEM degrees. The Alliance complements existing efforts in Ohio with regard to developing a workforce to meet the challenges of an economy driven by science and technology. The alliance provides industry with access to a significant pool of prospective ethnic students for co-op, internships and permanent employment. I encourage our industry partners to invest in the alliance in the form of support for bridge programs, academic year planning, co-op assignments, summer internships, and scholarships. Together we can make Ohio a model of cooperation between higher education and industry, which is fundamental to the success of this initiative.

Santa J. Ono, PhD, University of Cincinnati President

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“My research is on characterizing responses associated with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and treatment of the injury. This summer I received a fellowship and a grant that allowed me to fund studies towards discovering methylene blue as an effective TBI treatment option.”

Daniel Moussa, Junior, Biomedical Science “My summer research in the topic of nanoscale device fabrication allowed me to see what the life of a grad student is really like, as well as how to conduct my own experiments and record significant conclusions that help the group. My job was to optimize the Laser Writer, an important

machine that is used in the device making process.”Geoff Green, Sophomore, Electrical Engineering

“LSAMP has helped me to connect with other students in strenuous STEM majors, which fosters a greater sense of a supportive academic community. This program has helped me through difficult classes with participation in one-on-one tutoring and also sparked my interested in research.”

Nia Caldwell, Sophomore, Health Science

STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES FOR STUDENT ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS:

ELEMENTS OF THE LSAMP MODEL

LSAMP SCHOLARS

Cultural preparedness is a barrier. Many underrepresented students do not have role models and do not understand the culture of going to college, including time management and what is required for academic success in college.

Ohio Board of Regents 2011 Report on the Condition of Higher Education in Ohio

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The Ohio LSAMP Alliance is an excellent catalyst for building an enduring and highly capable STEM workforce in Ohio. The program was developed to inspire a strong academic and community network with one goal: creating a pathway for future innovators and leaders committed to serving their communities.

We invite you to join our network of visionary leaders to help build a formidable network with a laser focus on this goal. National Science Foundation funding for The Ohio LSAMP Alliance provides only stipend support to aid with student retention in STEM majors. Funding for other vital programming, such as the undergraduate research conference and professional development opportunities—activities that will help us more effectively and efficiently deliver results—must be sourced through private support.

We have developed specific initiatives and programs that the National Science Foundation has deemed crucial to the success of The Ohio LSAMP Alliance that are outlined on the following page. We are poised to successfully implement all of these priorities—but need funding to do so.

Please consider sponsoring one or more strategic priorities of The Ohio LSAMP Alliance. Your support will make a real difference to promising minority STEM students.

Sponsors will receive:• Recognition on The Ohio LSAMP Alliance website and printed

materials• Invitations to student research conferences and other student events• Opportunity to announce internships and job postings for LSAMP

Scholars in specialized fields

By collaborating with The Ohio LSAMP Alliance, industry and community partners can ensure that Ohio is a leader in today’s innovation-based, global economy. Together, we will provide tomorrow’s leaders with the high-level knowledge and skills they need to succeed.

Thank you for considering opportunities to support The Ohio LSAMP Alliance and the students we serve.

YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO LSAMP ALLIANCE

The alliance can turn the tides in Ohio and the nation by increasing the number of bachelor degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics awarded to underrepresented students and increasing the number of students prepared for graduate study and career success.

Valerie B. Lee, PhD, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, The Ohio State University; Co-Principal Investigator, The Ohio LSAMP Alliance

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We invite you to support the following strategic priorities, which have been carefully designed in response to best practices and requirements for the LSAMP program. Please contact us to discuss these and other opportunities to sponsor The Ohio LSAMP Alliance and our LSAMP Scholars.

The Ohio LSAMP Alliance Conference $50,000This two-day, retreat-style conference provides 200 LSAMP Scholars the opportunity to present research, participate in workshops, learn firsthand the advantages of networking, meet with representatives of graduate schools, corporations and government agencies, and reinforce their commitment to STEM programs. Lodging $13,000 Meals $12,000 Facility $10,000 Equipment $10,000 Travel $5,000

Central Ohio STEM Bridge Program $93,000/yearResidential bridge programs have been cited as the key component for persistence of underrepresented students in STEM degree programs. Housing ($30/day x 35 days x 30 students) $31,500 Meals ($30/day x 35 days x 30 students) $31,500 Supplies $5,000 Faculty Instruction $25,000

Undergraduate Research $80,000/yearFaculty-mentored undergraduate research enhances professionalization and makes it more likely that students will remain in STEM fields. Each year, 40 junior or senior LSAMP Scholars will receive $1,000 per semester to defray the costs of their research.

Professional Development $85,000To help students transition into STEM careers, LSAMP Scholars will have the opportunity to interact with industry leaders, participate in professional conferences, present research, and take part in other forms of career development. Attendance at Professional Conferences, Symposia and Other Events $50,000 Honoraria for Visiting Scholars $10,000 Career Development Training $25,000

Academic and Social Integration $60,000Two critical components of degree attainment are academic preparation and sense of belonging. The LSAMP program provides opportunities for LSAMP Scholars to receive academic support and fosters a community rich in diversity and friendship. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Preparation $20,000 Study Skills Support $20,000 Community Building $20,000 Total $368,000

STRATEGIC FUNDING PRIORITIES OF THE

OHIO LSAMP ALLIANCE

Providing faculty mentors to all Scholars is a key tenet of LSAMP and demonstrates the thoughtful and comprehensive approach this program provides to enhance student achievement. Looking back on my collegiate years as an engineer major, and even my 35-year career in cutting-edge technology and science for the U.S. Air Force, having a mentor was a crucial component to my academic and professional success.

General Lester Lyles, Ret. Commander Air Force Materiel Command, Wright- Patterson AFB, Board of Directors, Battelle Memorial Institute, General Dynamics, KBR and Precision Cast Parts

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